Have you ever asked the question when researching a property: "Where did the tanks go ?" or "What were the prior improvements ?" Now Google Earth can help you out with the recent release of Google Earth v.5.0(beta). A new tool will display satellite images for a parcel for as far back as satellite
Welcome: We Are Open for Business !
As methods of delivering information continue to evolve, we at Ulmer & Berne notice that more and more of our clients and contacts are actively doing business in an “on-line” environment. The tools of the Web 2.0 world of social networking and blogs of every type and nature have created a connectivity of people and
Title Insurance: A Closing Checklist Must
I continue to be amazed at the reaction I get when I recommend to clients that they purchase title insurance as part of a real estate transaction. Granted I could be considered biased as I am a licensed title insurance agent, clerked in law school by searching titles in Franklin and the surrounding counties and spent the first 2 years of my legal career as an underwriting attorney for Chicago Title at their headquarters in Chicago. Generally, lending clients have accepted title insurance as a must; but not all developers and residential purchaser’s have seen the light; notwithstanding the Erpenbeck situations which arise from time to time.
So, if you are not yet convinced that title insurance should be a necessary component of your due diligence and closing requirements, below is a list of 73 reasons why you should change your mind which has been assembled by Stewart Title and Lawyers Title at their website Know Your Closing.com. Most of these items can be located by a search of the public records, but not all.
Cyclical Nature of the Real Estate Industry
You know how you can smell the familiar scents of the changing seasons in the air ? Well those of us who have the honor to have survived a career in the real estate industry have recognized the smell in the air for some time. Right now that smell is pretty offensive; but we know